Word Meaning 遠征

えんせい ensei

遠征 is read as えんせい (ensei) and means expedition.

Meaning

English

  1. expedition
  2. (military) campaign
  3. tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.)
  4. visit

Reading

Kana

えんせい

Romaji

ensei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 16348 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

遠征軍

えんせいぐん

expeditionary force

遠征隊

えんせいたい

expeditionary force

欧州遠征

おうしゅうえんせい

European campaign (esp. soccer)

海外遠征

かいがいえんせい

overseas trip

ロシア遠征

ろしあえんせい

Napoleon's Invasion of Russia (1812)

日本遠征記

にほんえんせいき

Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan (1856 report on the 1852-1854 Perry expeditions written by Francis L. Hawks; authorized by Matthew Perry)

海兵遠征軍

かいへいえんせいぐん

Marine Expeditionary Force (US)

遠慮

えんりょ

declining

遠距離

えんきょり

long distance

遠隔

えんかく

distant

遠慮なく

えんりょなく

without reservation

遠縁

とおえん

distant relative

Example Sentences

2

かれはえべれすとえんせいにさんかした。

He participated in the Mount Everest expedition.

わたしたちはなんきょくえんせいたいをみおくった。

We saw off the Antarctic expedition team.